John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 51:16
For thou desirest not sacrifice ,.... Legal sacrifice; for there was no sacrifice appointed under the law for murder and adultery; else would I give it ; he would gladly have offered it up; thou delightest not in burnt offering ; at least such kind of sacrifices, though they were of divine appointment, and at that time in full force and use; yet they were not the only and principal sacrifices God desired and delighted in; nor were they at all acceptable to him without faith in... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 51:14-19
I. David prays against the guilt of sin, and prays for the grace of God, enforcing both petitions from a plea taken from the glory of God, which he promises with thankfulness to show forth. 1. He prays against the guilt of sin, that he might be delivered from that, and promises that then he would praise God, Ps. 51:14. The particular sin he prays against is blood-guiltiness, the sin he had now been guilty of, having slain Uriah with the sword of the children of Ammon. Hitherto perhaps he had... read more